A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly against the reality of what must not be accepted cannot easily receive a lesson.    From LearnThat.org.  [John Roger]

The term psyche can be used just as efficiently and things can be considered psychological rather than spiritual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond Meds] Reference

It is necessary to leave the term psyche untranslated initially, since it cannot be accurately rendered by a single English word such as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

Even if his arm survives, his psyche is another question entirely.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Burnout candidates and overhyped] Reference

Psi is also the first letter of the Greek word psyche, meaning soul or mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [ENTANGLED MINDS] Reference

Maybe deep in my psyche is an event or an emotion that correlates to my first turquoise introduction.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fascination of Colors « Colleen Anderson] Reference

That the Greek word "psyche" means "natural life" rather than "soul" would have been news to Socrates and his heirs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The example of Good King Wenceslas] Reference

"Protecting their psyche is important," Trembley said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orioles hope young pitchers, Tillman and Matusz, take off] Reference

Occupation in the american psyche is a very powerful word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Dan Bartlett Stumped When Asked to Name Anyone ‘Calling for the White Flag of Surrender’] Reference

The American psyche is genetically wired to see possibilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday Reading] Reference

The German soccer psyche is suffering no such crisis of confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [What do Germans think of the U.S. national team?] Reference

It's like something from deep within my psyche is drawn up by the acting of blogging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Meme / No Rest for the Wicked] Reference

Limpballs psyche is that of a deranged man, furious and angry, totally out of balance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh: ‘I love the women’s movement — especially when walking behind it.’] Reference

One year later the veteran reliever's fingers are still crooked but his psyche is intact.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Tavarez's emotions under wraps] Reference

Our comprehension of the significance of American power to the American psyche is incomplete.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Canadian Myths About the U.S.] Reference

He needs to make a lot of fixes, but the management of the team's psyche is as critical as any.    From Wordnik.com.  [Around the Mid-American Conference] Reference

"That year was a real change in psyche for me," said Watson, a five-time winner of the British Open.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Watson hopes to feel like a kid again] Reference

What effect, if any, these turbulent months have had on the former No. 1's psyche is difficult to gauge.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Venus Williams primed for return performance] Reference

His psyche is on a knife edge, and he is always ready to be overwhelmed by the last person he has spoken to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind the Gap] Reference

I can separate my psyche from the actuality of the situation and create a fictional case around it, no problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [June 2006] Reference

After a little while the outer covering bursts asunder, and out flies the winged creature that we call the psyche or butterfly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Animals] Reference

While you research the details of your topic, some deep part of your psyche is figuring out how to use those details in your story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing Comes Before Research, Or at Least at the Same Time] Reference

In truth, the long-term impact of this extraordinary event on the Cuban American psyche is impossible to predict with any confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Day 2008] Reference

The psyche is a forum within which writers are constructing both a new language for the mind, and new justifications of individuality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Psychology in Search of Psyches: Friedrich Schelling, Gotthilf Schubert and the Obscurities of the Romantic Soul] Reference

And to get it out of our psyche was a very good thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2005] Reference

American psyche, which is essentially a cultural divide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

The psyche is the arena of aspirations, faith and sensitivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mywebblogs.com Master Site Feed] Reference

The action on the psyche is the most sought after, especially by athletes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critical sports blog] Reference

What isthe Spiritso deep in the Iranian psyche, that is bursting to get out?.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain and Obama sound bites vs Torquemadas in Iran] Reference

All right then, but only if we suppose that my psyche is not heavy machinery.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Acquainted With The Night | Her Bad Mother] Reference

We hated what had happened there and to get it out of our psyche was a very good thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2006] Reference

But there aren't any Little People in my psyche, which is an aspect of my bodily functions.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

To Plato, the psyche was a charioteer, our reason, guiding the wild horses of our passions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-14] Reference

This is that the psyche is to be the soul of the independent person, the inner seat of selfhood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Psychology in Search of Psyches: Friedrich Schelling, Gotthilf Schubert and the Obscurities of the Romantic Soul] Reference

(logos) of the psyche was a necessary part of intellectual inquiry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

Just when you think she gonna support Obama, it's like "psyche", not quite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Spokesperson: "She Is Not Seeking The Vice Presidency"] Reference

It has also saddled us with such phonetic monstrosities as "psyche" and "rendezvous.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Speller's Manifesto] Reference